Hen s nest



D. HALEY.

HENS NEST:

APPLICAHON FILE ID NOV 22, 1920.

1,378,785. Patented May 17, 1921.

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5 I ,ZMWGAVQZ? j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DENNIS HALEY, F IJIOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA.

HEN S NEST.

7 T 0 all whom it concern. l

Be it known that I, DnNNis HALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry and State of. Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hens Nests; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and .use the same.

This invention relates to an improved hens nest, although, it is not to be restricted to fthisparticular use.

The principal object of the invention is to generally improve'upon devices of this class by the provision of one of extreme simplicity and durabilitywhich is in'the 'formofan elongated'open faced box which is divided into a plurality of separate nests, the major part of the box being'formed from a single sheet of metal, which construction and ar-- rangement renders the deviceextremely inexpensive to both the manufacturer and the user."

Another object of the invention is to pro- I vide a nest of the above mentioned construe tion which will serve advantageously when 'hens are being set, due to the fact that the device includes a plurality of quickly and easily applicable and detachable doors, one

I for each of the compartments or nests.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned class WhBIQlI]; the doors are 1n the form of open-' work structures including spaced horizontal and vertical wires, the lower ends of the these bent ends of the wires coacting with the upper edge of the frontwall of the box;

Other objects and advantages ofthe invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

' In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and lIlWlllCll llke I numerals "are employed to designate like parts through the same:

Figure 1 is a front elevatlonal view of a nest constructed in accordance with this invention. 1

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section through the nest. I

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 17 1921 Application fil ed November 22, 1920. Serial no. 425,779. 1

taken on the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the improved doors which I employ.

7 Referringto the drawings, wherein the 7 preferred construction of the nest is clearly illustrated, it will be seen that it is in the form of an open faced elongated box, the major portion of which isformed from a single sheet of light weight metal 1 which is bent to form a channel, thus providing the top, bottom, and rear walls of the box. It is to be noted that the bottom wall is wider than the top wall and it is bent laterally upward as indicated at 2 to provide a slightly rearwardly inclined vertical front wall which is sufliciently short to provide the desired large entrances to the nests. End plates 3 serve to close the ends of the channel. With this construction and arrangement, it .will be seenthat the deviceis approximately insect-proof and it is thus rendered entirely sanitary. As before indicated, the box is divided into a plurality of separate compartments or nests by means of transverse partitions 4. Secured to the rear wall of the box and extending upwardly are apertured supporting ears 5 which permit the device to be hung on nails or the like driven into the wall of the chicken house. The device, of course, could be suspended in any other way.

Extending forwardly from the box and connected to the bottom of the latter are arms 6' which serve to support an entrance platform or board 7 As before intimated, it is one of the objects of this invention to provide a novel and quick detachable. door for closing any one of the compartments in case it is desired to prevent escape of a setting hen. To this end, I make use of one or more doors 8 which are preferably constructed from a plurality of horizontal and vertical wires 11 and 12 respectively. which cross one another and are secured to each other in the manner disclosed. At this point, I wish to direct at tention to the fact that the lower free ends of the vertical wires 12 are extended beyond the lowermost horizontal wire as indicated at 13 and are alternately bent outwardly and away from each other in opposite directionsto receive the upper edge of the front wall between them and thus retain the door closed. These doors could be mounted in various ways. However, it is my desire to secure to the top wall forwardly extending apertured ears 9 and cause one of these cars to project through one of the spaces between the wires of the door in the manner disclosed, thus providing a novel means for supporting the door; In order to prevent accidental displacement of the latter, I pass nails or the like 10 downwardly through the apertures in the ears 9 and it will thus be seen that the door will be properly held in position.

From the foregoing description and drawings, it will be seen that l have devised an extremely advantageous and effective nest for either laying hens or setting hens. It is to be understood that when a setting hen is in one of the compartments that the door is to be in use, whereas if a laying hen is in the nest the door will, of course, not be used. It is for this reason that I construct the door in the manner shown and mount it in the novel way shown and described to permit it to be quickly attached and detached. By providing the box with the relatively short front wall, it will be seen that the rigidity of the structure will be decidedly increased and that this wall, not only will serve as a roost or perch for the chickens, but will also preventthe eggs from becoming displaced from the nests. My nest is extremely light in weight and will accommodate a numberof hens. Not only this, it is entirely sanitary since it is practically insectproof, and due to the extremely simple construction and arrangement of parts, it is rendered very inexpensive to the manufacturer. These and other advantages and features of the nest have, no doubt, become apparent from the foregoing description and drawings.

-A careful consideration of the description taken in connection with the drawings is thought to be sufficient to enable persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates, to obtain a clear understanding of the construction and use of the same, therefore, a more lengthy description is deemed unnecessary.

Advantageous and effective results are in- V sured with the construction and arrangement shown, and for this reason, the constructlon and arrangement is taken as a preferred emb'odiment of the invention. However, I wish it to be understood that various minor changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without depart ing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1; A hens nest comprising an open front box including a relatively short vertical front wall, an apertured forwardly extending ear at the top of the box, a quick detachable wire'mesh door disposed over the open front of the box, said ear extending through one of the spaces between the wires of said door, a retaining pin arranged in the aperture in said ear, and co-acting means between the lower edge of the door and said front wall to hold the door closed.

2. A hens nest comprising a box, open at its front and including a relatively short vertical front wall, and a quick detachable wire mesh door closing the opening, composed of vertical and horizontal wires crossing one another and connected together, the lower ends of the vertical wires extending beyond the lowermost horizontal wire, and being alternately bent outwardly in opposite directions, the upper edge of said front wall being receivable between these bent ends to retain the door closed.

3. A hens nest comprising a box, open at its front and including a relatively short vertical front wall, an apertured forwardly extending supporting. car at the top of the box, the quick detachable wire-mesh door disposed over the opening in the front of the box, said door being made up of a plurality of intersecting horizontal and vertical wires, said ear extending through one of tl e spaces between the wires, a retaining pin arranged in the aperture in said ear, the lower ends of said vertical wires being alternately bent in opposite directions away from each other and the upper edge of said front wall being disposed between these bent ends to retain the door closed.

4. A. hens nest comprising an elongated box formed from a sheet of metal bent to provide a channel, thus producing the top, bottom, and rear wall of the box, said bottom being of a greater width than the top and being bent laterally upward to provide a relatively short front wall, end plates closing the ends of the box, a plurality of transverse partitions in the latter dividing it into separate compartments, supporting arms extending forwardly from the bottom of the box, a platform secured to said arms, apertured ears secured to the top of the box and extending forwardly in parallelism with said arms, open-work doors for closing the open ends of each compartment, said ears extending through one of the openings in the doors, retaining pins extending through the apertures in said ears to hold the door in position, the latter being provided along its lower edge with diverging prongs between which the upper edge of said front wall is receivable, thereby retaining the doors in 7 closed position.

' DENNIS HALEY.

Witnesses:

CLAUDE Torr, R. H. J OHNSTQN. 

